= nng_msg_alloc(3)
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== NAME

nng_msg_alloc - allocate a message

== SYNOPSIS

[source, c]
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#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_msg_alloc(nng_msg **msgp, size_t size);
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== DESCRIPTION

The `nng_msg_alloc()` function allocates a new message with body length _size_
and stores the result in __msgp__.
Messages allocated with this function contain a body and optionally a header.
They are used with receive and transmit functions.


== RETURN VALUES

This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.


== ERRORS

`NNG_ENOMEM`:: Insufficient free memory exists to allocate a message.


== SEE ALSO

<<nng_msg_free#,nng_msg_free(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_body#,nng_msg_body(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_dup#,nng_msg_dup(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_header#,nng_msg_header(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_header_len#,nng_msg_header_len(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_len#,nng_msg_len(3)>>,
<<nng_msg_realloc#,nng_msg_realloc(3)>>,
<<nng_strerror#,nng_strerror(3)>>,
<<nng#,nng(7)>>


== COPYRIGHT

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